Container construction



Aug. 28,1928

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Patented Aug. 28, 1928.

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HARRY A. INMAN, OF NEWARK, NEW YORK.

CONTAINER CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed May 16, 1925. Serial N0. 30,851.

This invention relates to container construction, and more particularly to the va riety of container or box formed from a folded blank of material such as paper, cardboard and the like, one object of the invention being to provide a box of this character having an improved form of construction combining eflicient ventilating means for the contents of the box with a relatively strong and secure arrangement of the parts.

To these and other ends the invention resides in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a box embodying the present invention;

Figure 2 is a similar view with the cover in raised position;

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 3 -3 in Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section on the line 4:-P in Figure 1.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

The invention is embodied in the present instance, by way of illustration, ina box particularly adapted for containing eggs which tend upon removal from a lower to a higher temperature to condense and collect moisture, so that the package requires a ventilating circulation of air to maintain the contents in the desired dry state. At the same time boxes of this character are commonly constructed of a relatively light and flexible material and the present invention combines a ventilated construction with an arrangement of the parts affording strength and security for the box when closed as hereafter described in detail.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the present embodiment comprises a single blank of material including a bottom 5, a front wall 6, a rear wall 7 and end walls 8 preferably formed by flaps on the bottom and sides brought together and glued in the usual or any suitable vmanner. A folding cover 9 is attached at its rear edge 5 to and preferably formed integral with a rear wall 7 and has at its other or forward edge a folded and downturned flap 10 of substantially the same height as the box and adapted to be inserted within the front wall 6 when the box 53 is closed. The extremity of flap 10 is thus adapted to rest against the bottom 5 of the box throughout its length and thus support the cover. The box is supplied in the present nstance with a compartment frame comprising spaced front and rear partitions 11. with endwise partitions 12 jointed thereto in spaced relation to provide a plurality of compartments for receiving the individual articles or eggs and the cover flap 10 is inserted between the front wall 6 and the forward edges of the frame so that it is retained and supported in closed position.

The means for providing ventilation for the box preferably comprises ventilating openlngs in. the form of a series of perforations 13 along the top of the rear wall 7 of the box and opposite thereto a similar series of perforations 14 in the top of the cover flap 1 These perforations being directly opposite each other throughout the extent of the ma or dimension of the box thus insure free circulation of air through the box without materially detracting from its strength.

The front wall 6 is cut away opposite the so flap openings 14: to leave the latter unobstructed and this result is preferably obtamed by cutting down the top of the front wall as at 15 to locate the same just below the flap perforations 14:.

The cover is further supported and secured in. closed position by means comprising preferably a segmental slot 16 cut in the frontwall 6, the top of which latter is provided above the slot with an upwardly extending flap 17 projecting substantially to the top of the box for supporting engagement with the underside of the cover. The cover flap 10 has cut out therefrom a tab 18 extending downwardly and substantially from the front edge of the cover and adapted. to overlap flap 17 and to be inserted within slot 16, as shown, between the front wall 6 and the adjacent partition 11 of the compartment frame;

The invention thus provides an effectively ventilated container capable of being readily cut from a single blank of material, with parts so constructedand arranged as to afford a relatively strong construction having means for supporting and securing the cover in closed position of a conveniently operated nature, and While the invention has been described in the present instance as embodied in a container particularly adapted for carrying eggs, various other applications of the invention may obviously be made.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an article of the class described, a box made from a folded blank comprising a bottom, side and end walls and a folding cover attached at one edge to one of said side walls and having at its other edge a downtnrned flap adapted to be inserted inside the other side wall, the upper portion of said flap and first mentioned. side Wall being provided with ventilating openings and said other side wall being cut away at its upper portion opposite said flap openings.

2. In an article of the class described, a box made from a folded blank comprising a bottom, front, rear and end Walls, a folding cover on said rear wall having at its front edge a downtnrned flap of substantially the same height as the box and adapted to be inserted inside said front wall, said rear wall and the upper portion of said flap being pro vided with a series of ventilating perforations and said front wall being cut away at its upper portion opposite said'flap perforations, and an upwardly extending flap on said front wall, said downturned flap having a slot therein to receive said upwardly extending flap.

HARRY A. INMAN. 

